SUMMER AT THE ART PARK
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Getting Ready Art Camp Ages: 4 ½ – 7, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each three-day camp will focus on a different theme. In addition to a guided drawing lesson, students will be exposed to a variety of related literature, exciting new media, making fun crafts, sewing, collage and clay projects. Four-year-olds must have prior pre-school experience, be able to follow multi-step directions and be able to write their name.
Tuition is $100 for three afternoons and includes all supplies and materials. Dress for a mess!
• Woodworking June 2-4 Each day campers will use tools such as a hammer, scroll saw, wood burning tools and drills to make unusual projects in a fully supervised, safe environment. Projects include an animal marker holder, a wooden bendable snake, tree branch disc projects and making bar soap with a wooden soap dish.
• How to Train Your Dragon June 2-4 Draw Toothless, Hiccup, Storm Fly and Astrid. Students will enjoy learning about Viking culture, making unique crafts and using lots of fun media.
• Clay Camp, June 9-11 Students will enjoy using several different types of clay including modeling clay, Sculpey, air dry clay and Model Magic. Projects include a bird ornament, a flower magnet, a mandala and a beautiful necklace charm with a silver bezel.
• Minecraft, June 9-11 Minecraft fans unite to make animals, insects, a terrarium, play with potions, make a wooden ender dragon sculpture and draw your favorite characters and worlds.
• Swiftie Camp, June 16-18 We’re going to have the best day together! We will make a paper mache guitar, Eras Tour inspired jewelry, a pencil drawing of Taylor Swift, draw cute pictures of cats and bling up sunglasses all while listening to our favorite songs.
• Wicked, June 23-25 Students will draw the Emerald City and “paint” with bleeding tissue paper, make a Munchkin tulip garden painting, collage Elphaba and Glinda, create a wand and make fun Wicked themed crafts.
• African Animals Sculpture, June 30-July 2 If your budding artist likes to use LOTS of different materials this is the camp for them! We will make a lion face collage, a paper mache animal bank and modeling clay African critters.
• Meow Wolf Santa Fe, July 7-9 Between the glow in the dark poodles, bottle cap assemblages, terrariums, coral reefs and crazy clay creatures that we make, your home is going to look like Meow Wolf! All new projects from last year!
• Moana 2, July 14-16 Get ready to use lots of water media and draw your favorite characters set in an island paradise.
• Pets Camp, July 21-23 Draw, collage, paint and craft a cat, dog, fish and turtle all while using fun materials such as quick sticks, cardboard, marbleized papers and more! Campers will enjoy meeting furry animal friends each day.
• Cute Camp, July 28-30 Draw, paint and craft cuties such as a capybara, llama, sloth, axolotl and Moo Deng the naughty baby pygmy hippo. Students will enjoy painting on canvas and using water soluble crayons.
• Experimental Painting Camp, Aug. 4-6 Little ones will experiment with several different types of paint such as fizzy paint, foam finger paint, paint popsicles, wax resist, bubbly paint and more! Make unique process art each day!
• Royalty Camp, Aug. 11-13 For boys and girls! We will delve into the Medieval Times to draw royalty, dragons, horses and make swords to defend ourselves against bandits. Wear your favorite princess dress or knight costume.
Basic Drawing Art Camp Ages: 8-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each three-day camp will focus on a different theme. Drawings are guided; perfect for the beginner elementary age student to learn skills or for the more advanced elementary aged student to improve upon existing skills. Camps are also fun for adults to take with their youth. Students will experience fun mixed media projects, complete several finished pieces and make neat advanced craft projects.
Tuition is $100 for each camp and includes all supplies and materials. Dress for a mess!
• Woodworking June 2-4 Each day campers Students will use tools such as a hammer, scroll saw, wood burning tools and drills to make unusual projects in a fully supervised, safe environment. Projects include an animal marker holder, a wooden bendable snake, tree branch disc projects and making bar soap with a wooden soap dish.
• How to Train Your Dragon June 2-4, Draw Toothless, Hiccup, Storm Fly and Astrid. Students will enjoy learning about Viking culture, making unique crafts and using lots of fun media.
• Clay Camp, June 9-11 Students will enjoy using several different types of clay including modeling clay, Sculpey, air dry clay and Model Magic. Projects include a bird ornament, a flower magnet, a mandala and a beautiful necklace charm with a silver bezel.
• Minecraft, June 9-11 Minecraft fans unite to make animals, insects, a terrarium, play with potions, make a wooden ender dragon sculpture and draw your favorite characters and worlds.
• Swiftie Camp, June 16-18 We’re going to have the best day together! We will make a paper mache guitar, Eras Tour inspired jewelry, a pencil drawing of Taylor Swift, draw cute pictures of cats and bling up sunglasses all while listening to our favorite songs.
• Weapons and Warriors, June 16-18 Practice drawing the human form then add different types of armor and cool gear. Get creative and draw monsters with fantasy weapons and make a decorated wooden sword to take home.
• Wicked, June 23-25 Students will draw the Emerald City and “paint” with bleeding tissue paper, make a Munchkin tulip garden painting, collage Elphaba and Glinda, create a wand and make fun Wicked themed crafts.
• Percy Jackson, June 23-25 Do you love the Percy Jackson series as much as we do? Then this is the camp for you! Each day students will draw or paint TWO mythical creatures or Greek gods and use lots of mixed media.
• African Animals Sculpture, June 30-July 2 If your budding artist likes to use LOTS of different materials this is the camp for them! We will make a lion face collage, a paper mache animal bank and modeling clay African critters.
• Meow Wolf Santa Fe, July 7-9 Between the glow in the dark poodles, bottle cap assemblages, terrariums, coral reefs and crazy clay creatures that we make, your home is going to look like Meow Wolf! All new projects from last year!
• Time Traveler, July 7-9 Students will be interested to learn about a different culture and time period each day of camp. Make projects from Ancient Egypt, Medieval Times and even mixed media wooly mammoth cave art.
• Origami Animals, July 14-16 Penguins, Cats, Dogs, Bugs Oh My! Origami is a great art form for kids that like a challenge; if your child gets easily frustrated this might not be the camp for them. Projects will get progressively more difficult as the camp goes on, but our patient teachers will guide students through each animal and fold.
• Pets Camp, July 21-23 Draw, collage, paint and craft a cat, dog, fish and turtle all while using fun materials such as quick sticks, cardboard, marbleized papers and more! Campers will enjoy meeting furry animal friends each day.
• Cute Camp, July 28-30 Draw, paint and craft cuties such as a capybara, llama, sloth, axolotl and Moo Deng the naughty baby pygmy hippo. Students will enjoy painting on canvas and using water soluble crayons.
• Mixed Media Nature Inspired, July 28-30 Learn to draw still life, natural items from our campus gardens and landscapes all while using fun (and messy!) media such as pastel, charcoal, splatter paint and printmaking on canvas.
• Mosaic Camp, Aug. 4-6 Take a camp from Ms. Pepper the mosaic queen! She will guide you through how to create pleasing designs on coasters, a platter, ornaments and an abstract landscape with stained glass, beads, ceramic tiles and epoxy. Adults welcome: this is the PERFECT camp to take with your child or grandchild!
• Beetlejuice, Aug. 11-13, It’s SHOWTIME! Join us to craft Bob’s shrunken head, make clay creatures, sew a fleece sandworm scarf to wear this winter and draw your favorite characters.
Science Club Camps, Ages: 6-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Science Club Camps are hands on learning for curious kids! All lessons and experiments are created in house by our team of teachers.
Tuition is $100 for each camp and includes all materials. Dress for a mess!
• Ancient Science, June 2-4 Investigate some of the greatest scientific discoveries and the people who introduced them to the world. Dozens of fun-packed activities help you see for yourself how the earliest humans cultivated plants, why instruments make different sounds, how fireworks get their explosive power, and much more. So step back in time and take an amazing journey!
• Lego Architecture, June 9-11 Students will get to be mini architects and make unique projects inspired by some of the world’s most revered architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Zaha Hadid, Gaudi and Hundertwasser. This camp is sure to please anyone that loves to build cities with Legos!
• Bubble Science, June 16-18 This soapy camp is good clean fun! Students will have a blast experimenting with different bubble making potions, whittle Ivory soap into a floating boat, make bouncing bubbles, giant bubbles, unbreakable bubbles, craft a bubble blower, paint with bubbles and make rainbow bubble snakes.
• Lego Simple Machines, June 23-25 Simple Machines pre-robotic kits were developed by Lego and will help develop students’ understanding of basic physical and applied science and mechanical principals such as gears, pulleys, levers, wheels and axles. Each lesson challenges students to investigate and understand the operation of simple and compound machines found in everyday life. This is accomplished through observation, reasoning, prediction and critical thinking.
• Fantasy Land, June 30-July 2 Get your thinking caps on friends! Each day will be a totally wild, new theme such as outer space, under water and into the future. In this hands-on camp students will create fantastical small worlds, terrariums, cool Lego scenes, futuristic vehicles and cities, alien worlds and use cool art materials too.
• The Wild Robot Science Camp, July 7-9 Learn about the deciduous forest where the movie took place and it’s animals, enjoy a visit from the animals at GPNC, roll dice to mix and match your own robot and make a junk art robot.
• Cardboard Engineering Creations, July 14-16 Calling all builders, makers and creative kids! Join us to use our brand new ChompSaws to cut all kinds of shapes out of cardboard! The skies the limit as to what you can build in this totally hands-on camp! Please bring a cardboard box and an empty cereal box to fatten our selection.
• Emily Calandrelli Inspired Science, July 21-23 We will be conducting lots of egg-sellent experiments, out of this world hands-on learning, fun sensory experiments and slime making. Stay curious and keep exploring!
• Zoologists Dream, July 28-30 This is for all the animal lovers out there! Students will earn about life cycles, habitats around the world, meet critters from D’zz Spot Reptarium and Educational Center and do LOTS of fun hands-on, nature inspired activities and projects.
• Lego Challenge Camp, Aug. 4-6 Ziplines, fantasy cars and landmarks oh my! This camp has a little bit of everything Lego including crafts, challenges, fun competitions and plenty of build time with your buddies.
• Marine Biologist, Aug. 11-13 Learn about the layers of the ocean with neat experiments, make a clay shark fossil and learn about the Megalodon, make an ocean diorama and on the last day do fun experiments to simulate the Arctic Ocean and learn about the animals there.
Young Chefs Cooking Camps,
Ages: 4-7 and 8-12, Meets: 1:00-3:00
Each day students will participate in baking/cooking projects, eat a snack and (hopefully!) take treats home to share! Younger students will take turns adding ingredients for a group project while older children will work in pairs following along with instructors guided demonstration. Children will participate in food related games and crafts time permitting.
Tuition for the three afternoons is $100 and includes all supplies. Dress for a mess!
• Dollywood Recipes, June 2-4, Ages: 4-12 Dollywood focuses on good old Smokey Mountain Southern foods. Campers will enjoy making, and tasting, Frito Pie, Butterfly Wrap Pinwheels, Hot Pimento Cheese Dip, Oven Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes and Cinnamon Apples.
• Meringue Animals, June 9-11, Ages: 8-12 In this part cooking, part art class students will enjoy both drawing and making meringue animals. Just imagine a cute snake with candy for scales and a licorice tongue or sweet little mice with slivered almond ears. Awwwwww, so cute!!!!
• Kid’s Cook Everything, June 16-18, Ages: 8-12 Get inspired by this newly published cookbook by Mark Bittman. Each day will be focused on a different meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner. This will be a nut and peanut free camp, however, our kitchen is NOT free of those ingredients at other times so may not be suitable for severe allergies.
• Disney Villains, June 23-25, Ages: 4-12 No one knows mischief and havoc like a Disney villain – especially by creating mysterious concoctions! Chefs will enjoy making Rosy Red Oatmeal Cookies inspired by the Queen of Hearts, Kronk’s Veggie Puffs, Pizza Pockets, Striped Tiger bites and Sour Bill’s Citrus Float inspired by Wreck It Ralph.
• Minecraft Cooking, June 30-July 2, Ages: 4-12 Come hang out and make foods with other Minecraft enthusiasts! Young chefs will enjoy making Potion of the Turtle Master, Redstone Brownies, Blocks of Clay Fudge, Redstone Dust Rub to take home for BBQ, Noodle Caves, Suspicious Stew and Ender Dragon Paste with crusty bread.
• Gluten Free Treats & Baking, July 7-9, Ages: 8-12 Recipes include a gluten free fruit pizza, cheesy chickpea crackers, monster cookies and more. Please note that our kitchen will be sanitized and gluten free for THIS CAMP, but our kitchen is NOT gluten free at other times so may not be suitable for severe allergies.
• Asian Cuisine, July 14-16, Ages: 8-12 Pho, boba, pot stickers, fried rice and more! If you like exotic foods this camp is for you! The recipes will not be too spicy, but many different flavors will be explored.
• Camp Out Foods, July 21-23, Ages: 4-12 Campers will make foods for breakfast, lunch and snack while pretending to be at a campout. Recipes include French toast skewers, banana boats, hot dog roll ups, no bake energy bars and walking tacos. Also make a tie-dye towel to take home!
• Edible Animal Sculptures, July 28-30, Ages: 4-12 In this playful camp we will make foods that are cute to look at and tasty to eat! Recipes include fruit and veggie bugs, animal toast, a hedgehog cheeseball, homemade goldfish crackers, lion pancakes and snail pretzels.
• Charcuterie For Kids, Aug. 4-6, Ages: 4-12 Make a different type of charcuterie each day – dessert, snacks and hummus! These fun to assemble (and eat!) foods will be a real hit at your next movie or game night.
• Lunch Box Favorites, Aug. 11-13, Ages 4-12 Say goodbye to the same boring, limited lunch rotation, and make lunch something everyone looks forward to! Full of a variety of recipes for flavorful and delicious lunches. Let’s make banana sushi, veggie pizza rolls and mini burger sliders just to name a few.
Weekly Classes at the Monart School of Art
When we say “we can teach anyone how to draw,” we really mean it! Our patented, step-by-step method is perfect for the pre-school through elementary aged artist. Teens and adult artists alike will enjoy and benefit from the drawing challenges and exercises assigned in the Intermediate level classes. Our classrooms are safe, comfortable environments where students feel free to create. We believe there is no right or wrong, better or best, or “mistakes” in art. We believe it is an opportunity to problem solve and grow as an artist. Come discover the Monart difference!
Summer Enrollment Procedure:
We are holding class for 11 weeks: June 2-Aug. 14.
Pre-pay for 10 classes and choose which dates you can attend. If you attend all 11 classes, tuition for the last class will be due that day. Students are welcome to start mid-semester upon availability, second child ½ price. Tuition prices are as follows for 10 weeks and includes all supplies:
1 hour class: $195.00
1 ½ hour class: $225.00
2 hour class: $275.00
Second child 1/2 price on all weekly summer classes!
• First Steps, Ages: 2 ½ – 5 Improves fine motor skills in our youngest artists in a relaxed pre-school setting. This is the perfect stepping stone for any child who has not attended school yet. Thurs. 10-11:30
• Getting Ready, Ages: 4 ½ – 7 This class focuses on realistic drawing skills and helps to improve spatial awareness, task completion, fine motor skills and following directions. Mon. 10:00-11:00 OR Thurs. 1:00-2:00
• Basic Drawing, Ages: 7-12 Students will hone realistic drawing skills and learn how to create more realistic fur, feather and scale patterns for animals as well as proportion and detail. Mon. 10:00-11:00 OR Thurs. 1:00-2:00
• Teen and Adult Intermediate Level Drawing and Painting Students of all experience levels welcome. Start the semester by practicing drawing exercises and then graduate to more complex lessons all while having the support and direction of our master teacher, Charles Baughman. Many of the drawing exercises and lesson plans are adapted from college courses. Mon. 9:30-11:30 OR 4:30-6:00 OR Wed. 9:30-11:30
• Sculpture Class, Ages: 6-12 Students will create a variety of projects including “junk art,” paper mache, clay hand building, assemblage, woodworking, jewelry making and much more! Thurs. 1:00-2:00
